Privacy policy according to the new European data protection law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – comes into effect on May 25, 2018, across the European Union.

Dear user,

We are pleased that you visit the web sites of the KÖSTER BAUCHEMIE AG. Thank you for your interest in our company, our group of companies, our products, our information, and our services.

The protection of your privacy when using the web sites of the KÖSTER BAUCHEMIE AG is important to us. We therefore act in accordance with the applicable legal provisions for the protection of personal data and data security.

1. Name and contact details of the controller and the company data protection officer

The data protection officer of the KÖSTER BAUCHEMIE AG can be contacted at the above address, Mr. Udo Gleich, or at privacy-policy@koester.eu

2. Collection and storage of personal data as well as type and purpose of their use

a) When visiting the website

When you visit our website www.koester.eu and re-directed domains (see below), the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server for our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

IP address of the requesting computer,

Date and time of access,

Name and URL of the retrieved file,

Website from which access is made (referrer URL),

the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

The mentioned data will be processed by us for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,

Ensuring comfortable use of our website,

Evaluation of system security and stability as well as

For other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally.

In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed explanations under sections 4 and 5 of this data protection declaration.

b) When registering for our newsletter

If you have expressly consented according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (a) GDPR, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. Your name and e-mail address are sufficient for receiving the newsletter.

You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can send your un-subscription request at any time informally to newsletter@koester.eu

If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using the form provided on the website. We need your name, e-mail address, address and telephone number so that we know who sent the request and can answer and process it. Further information can be optionally provided. The data will be processed for the purpose of contacting us in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1. (a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after the completion of your inquiry, after completion of the order, or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

3. Passing on of data

Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. In order to support you in your request, we will forward your inquiry to the corresponding system partners and KÖSTER sales partners.We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 of GDPR is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,

in the event that a legal obligation exists for the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (c) GDPR, and

this is legally permissible and required by Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (B) of the DGPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

Our company regularly reviews your credit history when entering into a contract and in certain cases where there is a legitimate interest. We cooperate with Creditreform (Creditreform Leer Bolte KG, Hauptstraße 16, 26789 Leer), from whom we receive the necessary data. For this purpose we will send your name and contact details to Creditreform. Further information on the data processing at Creditreform can be found in the detailed information sheet "Creditreform Information acc. Art. 14 EU-DSGVO (see Annex 1) or at https://en.creditreform.de/navigations/content-footer/data-privacy-declaration.html

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do no damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specifically used terminal device. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity. The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These will be deleted automatically after leaving our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your end device for a specified period of time to optimize user-friendliness. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for you for the purpose of optimizing our offer, (see Section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize when you return to our site. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies is required for the aforementioned purposes in order to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 sentence 1(f) GDPR. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies can lead to the condition that you cannot use all functions of our website.

5. Analysis tools

a) Tracking tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (f) GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet requirements and is continually optimized. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

b) Google Analytics

For the purpose of demand-oriented design and continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/ ) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google"). In this context, pseudonym created user profiles are created and cookies (see point 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

Browser type/version,

the operating system used,

Referrer URL (the previously visited page),

Host name of the accessing computer (IP address),

Time of the server request,

are transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and the Internet for the purposes of market research and demand-oriented design of these Internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of the company. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other data from Google. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible, (IP masking). You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on, (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en ). As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again. Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics Help section (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en).

c) Google Adwords Conversion Tracking

We also use Google Conversion Tracking to statistically record and evaluate the use of our website for the purpose of optimizing it for you. Google Adwords will set a cookie (see paragraph 4) on your computer if you have accessed our website via a Google ad. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to this page. Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be traced via the websites of Adwords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers see the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also reject the setting of a cookie required for this - for example using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the "www.googleadservices.com" domain. Google's privacy policy for conversion tracking can be found here: (https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html ).

6. Social Media Plug-ins

We use social plug-ins of the social networks Youtube and Google Maps on our website on the basis of art. 6 par. 1 p. 1 (f) GDPR to make our company better known. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be guaranteed by the respective provider. The integration of these plug-ins by us takes place with the so-called two-click method for visitors of our web page to protect them in the best possible way.

a) Google maps

We use Google Maps on our website for the presentation of our location as well as for the creation of a route description. This is a service offered by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter only called "Google".

Google's certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield guarantees that the EU's data protection regulations are also complied with when processing data in the USA. The text of the EU-US Privacy Shield can be found at:

When you visit our website, a connection is established to the Google server in the USA to enable the display of certain fonts on our website.

If you access the Google Maps component of our website, Google stores a cookie on your device via your Internet browser. Your user settings and data will be processed to display our location and to provide a route description. We cannot exclude that Google uses servers in the USA.

This connection to Google enables Google to determine from which website your request was sent and to which IP address the route description is to be transmitted.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. You will find details on this under "Cookies" above.

Google and its subsidiary YouTube guarantee that the data protection regulations of the EU will also be observed when processing data in the USA.

We use YouTube in conjunction with the "Advanced Privacy Mode" feature to show you videos. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our Internet presence. According to YouTube, the "Extended data protection mode" function means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server if you actually start a video.

Without this "Extended Privacy Policy", a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access one of our Internet pages on which a YouTube video is embedded.

This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your Internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least record and process your IP address, the date and time as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the Google advertising network "DoubleClick" is established.

If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. If you wish to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.

For the purpose of functionality and analysis of usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies via your Internet browser on your terminal. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by setting it in your Internet browser. You will find more detailed information on this under "Cookies" above.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard is held by Google in the databases listed under

7. Rights of the persons concerned

You have the right:

to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, and the origin of your data. If these have not been collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on their details;

in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to demand without delay the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us;

to request the deletion of your personal data stored with us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims;

in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to restrict the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, if the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete the data and we no longer need the data, but if you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims or if you have filed an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another person responsible;

in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue processing data based on this consent in the future and

to complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 DGDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or workplace or at our company headquarters.

8. Right of objection

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this which arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without specifying a particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to privacy-policy@koester.eu

9. Data security

We use the most common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in connection with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. Whether a single page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form is indicated by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

10. Updating and amendment of this data protection declaration

This data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status of May 2018. Due to the further development of our website and offers above or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.koester.de/privacy-policy